Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Plusses And Minuses - Sennheiser HD595

By Hugh Benites


The Sennheiser HD595 headphones excel at piano music and female vocals. If the recordings are good you will hear it and conversely if it's not that great then these headphones will not be kind. They will highlight every flaw mercilessly. The midrange is nice and balanced, the detail is great and the bass, while being a little shy is tight and nicely extended.

These headphones work great with good quality equipment such as headphone amps, cables, CD players etc. I have a feeling these would not play well with tube equipment though. The highs are exciting and makes acoustic music very vivid. The sound stage is nice and wide while not being unrealistic.

The soundstage with these headphones is almost like you're listening to speakers. It's great. Most headphones do not get the stereo image right but these definitely do. However i would definitely get a nice amp to go with them as this will boost the lows and level out the frequency response a bit.

Another nice aspect to them is the insane level of comfort they provide. I get headaches pretty easily from headphones but with these it hasn't happened yet. Other cans put a lot of pressure on your head but there is almost none with these. The HD595's work with almost any style of music.

Seeing as the price of these is not much more than truly budget models, it makes a lot of sense to give these a listen instead. These are your best bet if you listen to a huge selection of different music very often. I would not like to recommend these for fans of classical music. Grados would the better for that purpose.

If there are any weaknesses in these headphones (and there aren't really) I would have to get really picky and say the bass could be a little louder and the overall feel of the sound a bit less rough. However, having said that, a good headphone amp will sort that out and give it a flatter, wider sound which is always welcome. This wouldn't be a review if I didn't list the bad points so there you are.




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